San Carlos Estates Water Control District (SCEWCD) was formed based on a court ruling of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court in Lee County, Florida on April 3rd, 1969 Case No. 69+105 and pursuant the Florida statute 298 otherwise known as the General Drainage Law. Making San Carlos Estates Water Control District responsible for the maintenance and integrity of its streets, swales, culverts, inlets, catch basins, grates, pipes and canals, collectively known as the “Right of Way.”

“The land comprising the San Carlos Estates Drainage District is located in the Southwestern portion of Lee County Florida, just 1.5 miles North of downtown Bonita Springs, FL.” … “Water from the area flows Southwesterly in shallow streams to several concrete box culverts under U.S. Highway 41 and continues to Spring Creek thence on out to the Gulf of Mexico” Quoted from the Plan of Reclamation for the San Carlos Estates Drainage District in 1969